JPH0532655U - Hinge - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The hinge socket can be attached to the door with one touch without using any tools, and the door can be easily and quickly installed on site. [Structure] In a hinge in which a socket 4 attached to a door 2 and a hinge main body 5 attached to a door mounting member are openably and closably connected via arms 7, 7a, etc. Male locking portions 4 are respectively provided on the outer peripheral side portion and the outer peripheral portion of the recess 3 of the door 2.
b and 4c and female locking portions 9 and 9a having the insertion port portions 11 and 11a are provided. The socket 4 is obliquely fitted into the recess 3 with respect to the center line a, the male locking portions 4b and 4c are inserted into the insertion ports 11 and 11a, and then the socket 4 is rotated in a predetermined direction to rotate the male locking portion. 4b, 4c and the female locking portion 9,
9a is forcibly pushed and locked. As a result, the hinge 1 is fixed to the door 2 at a predetermined angle on the center line a of the recess 3.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to improvements in hinges used to pivotally attach doors to furniture and other objects.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, a hinge is constructed by rotating a socket attached to a door suspension and a hinge main body attached to a cabinet or the like as a door mounting member by a single arm or a plurality of arms. There is known a structure that is connected so as to be opened and closed.

By the way, when shipping a cabinet in which a door is pivotally attached by a hinge, it is often the case that the cabinet and the door are separated from each other and sent separately. Therefore, in such a case, the hinge can be attached to the door in advance so that the door can be accurately attached to the cabinet and the workability is improved.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, if the hinges are attached to the door as described above, the hinges will overhang from the door hangers, making it difficult to pack and bulky, which reduces the loading efficiency during transportation.

In view of various problems of the above-mentioned conventional technology, the present invention attaches a special member to the door and separately packages and ships the hinge when the cabinet and the door are separately sent. In this way, the door can be easily packaged, and the hinge can be connected to the special member easily and detachably with high precision on site without tools. Is the purpose.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a socket attached to a door and a hinge main body attached to a mounting member of the door that opens and closes via an arm or the like. In the hinge that is freely connected, the same socket is fitted into the recess on the outer peripheral part of the recess into which the socket is rotatably fitted in the door and the outer peripheral part of the socket. A male locking part and a female locking part that can be inserted and removed from each other when they are removed, and that are locked to each other when the sockets are rotated in a predetermined direction after they are fitted so that the sockets are fixed to the door at a predetermined angle. The present invention is intended to provide a hinge in which and are placed on the rotation locus of the socket and are opposed to each other at a predetermined interval in the rotation direction.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the hinge according to the present invention, the socket is fitted into the recess on the back surface of the hanging portion of the door. At this time, the socket is recessed at an angle (for example, 45 °) set in advance with respect to the mounting angle of the hinge. The male engaging portion and the female engaging portion provided on the outer peripheral side portion of the recess and the outer peripheral side portion of the socket are inserted into each other.

Next, by rotating the socket to the hinge attachment position (angle), the male locking portion and the female locking portion described above are locked to each other, and as a result, the socket is attached to the door. The hinge is fixed to the door at a predetermined angle by being fixed in a predetermined direction (angle).

Next, when the hinge main body is attached to the inner surface of the side plate of the attachment member of the door such as the cabinet, the door is pivotally attached so that the opening of the attachment member can be opened and closed. In this case, a plate is attached in advance to a predetermined position on the inner surface of the side plate of the door mounting member, and the hinge main body and plate are locked so that both of them are locked by pushing the hinge main body into the plate. May be used.

In the above-mentioned door mounting state, after removing the hinge main body from the door mounting member, if the socket is rotated in the direction opposite to the above-mentioned direction, the locking of the male and female locking portions is released, You can remove the socket from the door.

[0011]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), the hinge 1 is fitted into the recessed portion 3 provided on the back surface of the door 2 in the hanging direction and is attached as described below. And the front end of the hinge main body 5 which is to be attached via a plate (not shown) on the inner surface of the side plate of the door mounting member such as a cabinet (not shown). (Only shown), the arm 6 is connected by a pivoting means by a pin 6 ′ so that it can be opened and closed by a rotating operation.

The recess 3 of the door 2 is formed in such a size that the socket 4 can rotate in the circumferential direction. On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 (A), (B) and FIGS. 5 (A), (B), the socket 4 is a socket main body 4a whose outer shape is formed into a perfect circle, and from the upper outer periphery thereof. Flat male locking parts 4b, 4c, 4d projecting outwardly in a horizontal state are formed at the left and right sides and at a position symmetrical to the position where the hinge body 5 is connected, in the circumferential direction. A total of three pieces are projected at a predetermined interval.

Next, in the present invention, a metal flange 7 and a synthetic resin flange base 8 are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the recess 3 formed in the door 2, and a flange base is formed on the rear surface of the flange 7. 8 are piled up and fixed by screws not shown.

As shown in FIGS. 4 (A) and 4 (B), the flange 7 has a rear end and a right and left end so that it can be positioned by fitting the flat plate-shaped flange base 8 on the back surface in a stacked state. A peripheral edge 7a is erected from both side ends to both left and right portions of the front end.

At the central portions of the flange 7 and the flange base 8, substantially semicircular cutouts 7b, 8a having a curvature substantially equal to the outer peripheral curvature of the socket body 4a are formed with their front ends opened. As a result, the socket body 4a can be inserted into and removed from the recess 3 of the door 2 described above.

Between the flange 7 and the flange base 8, as shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) as a whole and in FIG. 2 as a partly enlarged view, the male locking of the socket 4 is shown. The three female locking portions 9, 9a, 9b for locking the portions 4b, 4c, 4d are formed. The female engaging portions 9, 9a, 9b described above in the first embodiment are located on the upper surface of the flange base 8 as shown in FIGS. 3 (A) and 3 (B), and are formed on the peripheral edge 8b of the cutout portion 8a. It is formed by three recessed groove portions 10, 10a, 10b which are cut along and a flange 7 which closes these upper openings.

That is, of the three recessed groove portions 10, 10a, 10b, one recessed groove portion 10 is on the left side of the front end portion of the flange base 8 and is formed to be short in the circumferential direction. As shown in FIG. 3 (A), the recessed grooves 10a and 10b are formed so as to be separated from the center line a in both the left and right directions by a predetermined angle α (45 ° in the illustrated example) and long in the circumferential direction.

On the other hand, the flange 7 is on the peripheral edge 7c of the cutout portion 7b, and is separated from the center line a in the left-right direction by a predetermined angle α (45 ° in the illustrated example), and the above-described male locking is performed. Two insertion portions 11a and 11b to the portions 4c and 4d are absent.

The depth b of each groove 10, 10a, 10b is substantially the same as the thickness c of the male engaging portions 4b, 4c, 4d of the socket 4 as shown in FIG. Is set.

When the flange 7 is fitted and stacked on the upper surface of the flange base 8, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the concave groove portions 10, 10a, 10b and the upper openings are closed. The three female locking portions 9, 9a, 9b are formed between the rear surface of the flange 7 and the rear surface of the flange 7.

The female locking portions 9, 9a, 9b configured in this manner are open along the peripheral edges 7c, 8b of the cutout portions 7b, 8a of the flange 7 and the flange base 8, and As shown in FIGS. 1 (A), (B) and FIG. 2, one female locking portion 9 is formed with an insertion port portion 11 of a male locking portion 4b opening at the front ends of the flange 7 and the flange base 8. It is being touched. On the other hand, in the other two female engaging portions 9a and 9b, the insertion portions 11a and 11b of the male engaging portions 4c and 4d are located at the upper left end portions of FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B). It is formed into 7.

Therefore, in the above-described first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1A, the hinge 1 is set at a predetermined angle α with respect to the center line a of the recess 3 and the flange 7 of the door 2 and the flange base 8. That is, when the socket 4 is fitted into the recess 3 with an inclination of 45 °, the two male locking portions 4c and 4d are fitted into the respective insertion openings 11a and 11b of the female locking portions 9a and 9b. Become.

Next, when the hinge 1 is rotated from the position of FIG. 1 (A) in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow A in the figure, the socket 4 is also rotated in the same direction, so that the two male locks are engaged. The parts 4c, 4d are pushed into the female locking parts 9a, 9b and are rotated by a preset angle α, that is, rotated by 45 ° and stopped, but at this time, the other male locking part 4b is different from the front end. When the hinge 1 is pushed into the female locking portion 9 from the insertion opening 11, the hinge 1 is fixed to the door 2 at a preset angle (90 °) as shown in FIG. 1 (B).

As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) and FIGS. 2 (A) and 3 (B), the female locking portion 9a has a socket 4, that is, a male locking portion 4c. It is advisable to form the detent 12 of the above.

The detent 12 is provided on the bottom surface of the recessed groove portion 10a with a protrusion 12a protruding near the end thereof, and on the upper surface of the protrusion 12a, as shown by arrows in FIGS. 2 and 3A. The inclined surface 12b is formed so as to be inclined and raised in the rotation direction of the socket 4 shown by A. With this configuration, when the socket 4 is rotated in the direction of arrow A, the male locking portion 4c slides on the inclined surface 12b, rides over the projection 12a, and locks with the rising end surface 12c of the inclined surface 12b. The return of the male locking portion 4c, that is, the rotation in the direction opposite to the arrow A is prevented.

6 to 9 are, in the second embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 7B and FIGS. A plate-like flange 4e, which has a substantially horizontally long rectangular shape in a plane, is integrally projected from the end to both left and right ends. The front end on the left side and the right side on the right side of the flange 4e in FIGS. 7A and 7B are provided. A pair of female locking portions 9 and 9a each having a substantially U-shaped side surface are bent inward at the rear end.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B and FIG. 8A, in the concave portion 3 of the door 2 described above, from the substantially central portion to the rear side portion thereof, as shown in FIGS. A horizontally long rectangular metal flange 7 corresponding to the flange 4e is fixed to the door 2 by screws (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 8 (A) and 8 (B), the flange 7 has a notch portion in the center thereof, which has a substantially semi-circular planar shape and has substantially the same curvature as the curvature of the concave portion 3 of the door 2. 7b is formed with the front end opened, so that the socket body 4a having a perfect circular outer shape can be fitted into the recess 3. Further, the flange 7 has front and rear ends thereof, and a pair of male engaging portions 4b, 4c corresponding to the pair of female engaging portions 9, 9a mentioned above project outwardly and symmetrically. It is being touched.

As shown in FIG. 8 (B), the male locking portions 4b and 4c are formed by bending the end portion of the flange 7 into a substantially half crank shape on the side surface and extending in the left-right direction.

In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6 (A), the socket 4 is fitted into the recess 3 of the door 2 at a predetermined angle α with respect to the center line a thereof, and then the hinge main body. When the socket 4 is rotated in the clockwise direction shown by the arrow A in the figure together with 5, the flange 7 and the male and female engaging portions 4b and 9 and 4c and 9a of the socket 4 are as shown in FIG. 6B, the socket 4, that is, the hinge 1 is fixed to the door 2 on the center line a of the recess 3 as shown in FIG. 6B.

When the hinge 1 is rotated in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow A in the fixed state of the hinge 1 described above, the locking of the male and female locking portions 4b and 9, 4c and 9a is released. This allows the hinge 1 to be removed from the door 2. Otherwise, the configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment.

10 to 13 show a third embodiment of the present invention. As clearly shown in FIG. 11 (B), the flange 4e of the socket 4 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a U-shaped member 4f provided with a pair of female locking portions 9 and 9a is provided inside the flange 4e. It is fixed by fitting.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 (A), (B) and FIG. 11 (A), the female engaging portions 9 and 9a are keyholes formed by communicating a large diameter hole and a small diameter hole. The large-diameter hole is formed as insertion portions 11 and 11a of the male locking portion described later, and the male locking portion is pushed toward the small-diameter hole so that the male locking portion can be locked. There is.

Further, the pair of female engaging portions 9 and 9 a described above are provided on the circumference around the center O of the socket 4, respectively.

The pair of male locking portions 4b, 4c with respect to the pair of female locking portions 9, 9a are as shown in FIGS. 10 (A) (B), 12 (A) (B) and FIG. The screw 13 having a groove 13a is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of the recess 3 of the door 2 by screwing the screw 13 in a manner corresponding to the female engaging portion 9a. As the screws 13 and 13 with the groove 13a, those having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the insertion ports 11 and 11a are used. Further, the neck portion 13b around which the groove 13a is provided is set to have a diameter such that the neck portion 13b can be forcibly pushed and fixed to the female engaging portions 9 and 9a.

In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10 (A), the socket 4 is fitted into the recess 3 of the door 2 at a predetermined angle α with respect to the center line a thereof, and the male engagement The stoppers 4b 1 and 4c, that is, the grooved screws 13 and 13, are inserted into the insertion ports 11 and 11a provided on the back side of the flange 4b of the socket 4. Next, when the socket 4 together with the hinge main body 5 is rotated in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow A in the figure, the neck portions 13b and 13b of the screws 13 and 13 are engaged with the female portion on the back side of the flange 4b of the socket 4. When the hinge 1 is forcibly pushed into the parts 9 and 9a and the hinge 1 coincides with the center line a of the recess 3 described above, both of them are completely pushed into a stopped state and the hinge 1 is closed by the door 2 It is fixed at a right angle to.

When the socket 4 is rotated counterclockwise together with the hinge body 1 in the fixed state of the hinge 1 described above, the locking of the male and female locking portions 4b, 4c, 9 and 9a is released, This allows the hinge 1 to be removed from the door 2. Others are the same as in the case of the first embodiment.

14 to 17 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 15 (A) and 15 (B), grooves 14a are provided on the back surfaces of the left and right side portions of the horizontally elongated rectangular flange 4e of the socket 4. The pair of male locking portions 4b and 4c are formed by fixing the rollers 14 and 14.

That is, in the pins 14 and 14 with the groove 14a, the groove 14a is circumferentially provided at a substantially middle portion in the lengthwise direction, whereby a neck portion 14b having a small diameter is formed at the middle portion. The grooved pins 14 and 14 as the male locking portions 4b and 4c are formed on the same circumference with the center O of the socket 4 as the center.

As shown in FIG. 14, the corresponding female locking portions 9 and 9a with respect to the pair of male locking portions 4b and 4c are located on the outer peripheral portion of the recess 3 in the door 2 and the male locking portions It is formed so as to correspond to the locking portions 4b, 4c.

The female locking portions 9 and 9a are fixed by driving bushes 15 and 15 made of synthetic resin or the like having a keyhole into the back surface of the door 2, and fixing the large diameter hole of the keyhole to the male locking portion 4b. 4c are the insertion ports 11 and 11a, and the small diameter holes are the female locking parts 9 and 9a of the male locking parts 4b and 4c. Therefore, the diameter of the pin 14 is set smaller than the inner diameter of the large diameter hole, and the diameter of the neck portion 14b of the pin 14 and the inner diameter of the small diameter hole are forcibly pushed into each other. It is designed to be locked and fixed.

The keyholes, which are the bushes 15 and 15 described above, are provided in directions opposite to each other with respect to the rotation direction of the socket 4, and at this time, the above-mentioned directions must be set accurately. I won't. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17 (A) and (B), both bushes 15 and 15 are integrally formed with the runner gate 16 remaining, and punched at a predetermined position of the door 2 in advance. When the bushes 15 and 15 are driven into the insertion holes 2a and 2a, it is preferable that the bushes 15 and 15 and the runner gate 16 are cut off in the middle thereof.

Also in the fourth embodiment, the hinge 1 can be fixed to or removed from the door 2 as in the case of the third embodiment. Others are the same as in the case of the first embodiment described above.

[0044]

[Effect of the device]

 Since the present invention is configured as described above, the socket side of the hinge can be easily attached by inserting the socket into the recess of the door and rotating the hinge in a predetermined direction by a very easy operation. The door and socket are provided with a male locking part and a female locking part, respectively, in the factory, so that the accuracy of attaching the hinge to the door can be improved. Therefore, the door and the cabinet as the door mounting member and the hinge can be separately packaged and sent, and the protruding part as in the case where the hinge is attached to the door is eliminated, so that the door can be easily packaged. Moreover, the loading efficiency at the time of shipping is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 (A) and 1 (B) relate to a first embodiment of a hinge according to the present invention, and are plan views showing a state where a socket is fitted in a recess of a door and a state where the socket is fixed to the door, respectively. FIG.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

3A and 3B are a plan view and a front view, respectively, showing a flange base according to the first embodiment of FIG.

4A and 4B are respectively a plan view and a front view showing a flange according to the first embodiment of FIG.

5A and 5B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, showing the socket according to the first embodiment of the same as FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a first embodiment of a hinge according to the present invention, (A)
Is a plan view of the state where the socket is fitted in the recess of the door,
(B) is a plan view of a state in which the socket is fixed to the door.

7A and 7B are a plan view and a left side view, respectively, showing the socket of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

8A is a plan view showing a state where a flange is fixed to the door in the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 8B is a side view of the same flange.

9 is a side view showing the socket of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 6. FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a third embodiment of the hinge according to the present invention,
(A) is a plan view showing a state where the socket is fitted in the recess of the door, and (B) is a plan view showing a state where the socket is fixed to the door.

11A and 11B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, showing the socket of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

12 (A) and 12 (B) are a plan view and a side view showing a pair of male locking portions fixed to the respective doors of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

13 is a side view showing a state where the male locking portion and the female locking portion of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 10 are locked.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a state in which a pair of female engaging portions are fixed to the door according to the fourth embodiment of the hinge according to the present invention.

15A and 15B are a plan view and a side view, respectively, showing the socket of the fourth embodiment shown in FIG.

16 is a side view showing a pair of bushes in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG.

17 (A) and (B) are a front view showing a pair of bushes in the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 14 and a vertical sectional view of a bush driving hole of a door.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Hinge 2 Door 3 Recess 4 Socket 4b Male Locking Part 4c Male Locking Part 4d Male Locking Part 5 Hinge Main Body 6 Arm 9 Female Locking Part 9a Female Locking Part 9b Female Locking Part

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A hinge in which a socket attached to a door and a hinge main body attached to a door mounting member are connected via an arm or the like so as to be openable and closable, and the door is provided with the hinge. The outer peripheral portion of the concave portion into which the socket is rotatably fitted, and the outer peripheral side portion of the socket, can be inserted into and removed from each other when the socket is fitted in and out of the concave portion. The male locking part and the female locking part, which are locked to each other when the socket is rotated and are fixed to the door at a predetermined angle, are on the rotation trajectory of the socket in the rotation direction. Hinges that are placed opposite each other with a certain space.